Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: (from IMDB) A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking. About: Okay, so here’s the deal. Famed author Cormac McCarthy (The Road, No Country For Old Men) sold his first spec script last year, The Counselor. The movie quickly mobilized with Ridley Scott directing, Michael […]

  UPDATE: Calling all female screenwriters – we want YOU to submit your best work for an upcoming Amateur Offerings Weekend that will showcase scripts written exclusively by women! Send a PDF of your script along with the title, genre, logline, and a ‘why you should read’ section in an email to carsonreeves3@gmail.com ASAP! :) […]

Submit your script for a Scriptshadow Review!: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, along with the title, genre, logline, and finally, something interesting about yourself and/or your script that you’d like us to post along with the script if it gets reviewed. Use my submission address […]

Update: Bad Robot JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY that Michael Arndt was out and JJ and Lawrence Kasdan (Empire Strikes Back) were taking over writing duties.  I think someone likes my little Star Wars 7 treatment. :)  A month ago I proposed the idea that it’s impossible to write a Batman vs. Superman movie. It’s too hard […]

Genre: Noir/Thriller/Period Premise: The true story of a serial killer terrorizing the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. About: The Devil In The White City is one of the biggest books of 2005. It originally had Tom Cruise attached, but more recently Leonardo DiCaprio has snatched up the rights, with the hopes of playing the villain […]